Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16805, Zachariah Foss, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Foss, Zachariah
S 16805
buried
CONTENTS

No 520 Maine
Zachariah Foss
of lumber and in the State of Maine who was a pirate in the Comp y commanded by Captain Burbank of the Key commanded by Col Brener in the Massachusetts line for
Three years
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per ann to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 th day of Sept r 1832 and sent to John Chasey Portland Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sept 1830 120 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar, 33 40
$,160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
R. E. E.
Clerk
Recorded by Book D
Vol.
1
Page 58

July 24. 1832
Zachariah Foss's
Application for a pension
July 1832
A private
Office

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland, within and for said District, on the nineteenth day of July A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
On this nineteenth day of July aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Zachariah Hoss a resident of Scarborough in the county of Cumberland in said Maine District, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he was placed on the pension list of the District of Maine Agency and a certificate of pension granted to him on his application made on the twenty ninth day of April 1818. That his name has been stricken from the pension roll in account of his property. That he served as a private in the Company commanded by Captain Burbank in the Regt commanded by Col. Brown in the line of the State of Massachusetts in the Continental Establishment That he now resides in Scarborough, and has resided there ever since he made his first application for a pension in 1818.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine .
Zachariah Hoss
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware } U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary pensioner, and served as he states
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, John Mudgett Clerk of said District Court, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this nineteenth day of July A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Mudgett } Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.

N o 34. Zachariah Foss
Copy
not entitled
7388
6 March '19.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this thirteenth day of June in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Zachariah Sofs aged sixty one years, resident in Scarborough in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a private in the company commanded by Capt. Silas Purbank in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Brewer in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the 29th day of April A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 7308 was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Zachariah Sofs
Sworn to and declared, on the thirteenth day of June A. D. 1820.
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
{ U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Of real estate I own sixty two acres of Pleins land situated in the town of Scarborough, only one half of which is productive of any income, and that very small — I also own about six acres of salt marsh, which is all the real estate I possess — a small house and a very old barn stand on the first mentioned piece of land.
Personal estate — seven head of neat cattle — seven sheep, one old horse — two swine — a few articles of ordinary household furniture — a few farming utensils. I am justly in debt two hundred dollars.
Zachariah Foss
Sworn to
Before
Alvion H. Parvis
U.S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Zachariah Foss . . . . . who, by occupation am a Farmer . . . . . which I am . . . . . able to pursue by reason of at present but am obliged to labor hard on poor land, in order to obtain but a poor subsistence.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Oliver Foss a daughter 16 able to support herself in part   Zachariah Foss Jr. a son 13 not able to help me but little    Zachariah Foss  Sworn to Before Alvion H. Parvis U.S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is four hundred, forty four. dollars and no more cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this thirteenth day of June. . . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$444-

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Zachariah Dose , a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. File 16,805
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Jany. 1, 1777 3 years Private Silas Burbank Samuel Brewer Mass.   discharged Jan. 1, 1780   at Fishkill, N.Y.        
Battles engaged in, Hartfordstown + Stony Point.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
Date of application for pension, Apr. 29, 1818. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Scarborough, Maine.
Age at date of application, 57 years.
Remarks: In 1820 he referred to his children Oliver at 16 yrs.  and Zachariah at 13 yrs. No other family data.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

Parker, S. Dak. March - 25 - 1913
Pension Dept. Washington D. C.
Please send me the Pension Record of Zacharias Foss who was a Revolutionary soldier, and enlisted from Scarboro Maine.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Ella Kingery.
L. B. 353 Parker, S. Dak.
Turner, Leo.

16805 INVALID. 16805
1913 Mch. 28. Hist. to Mrs. Ada Rice letter in b. 3641 Zebulon Parke. c 1913 Apr. 5. Mrs. Ella Kingery c
File No. 16805
Jochariah Foss Pr. Rev Mr
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 441
[Arrangement of 1870.]

7388
Maine.
Deachariah Pops //
of Scarborough in the State of Maine who was a priv t in the regiment commanded by Colonel Brewer of the Massachusett ine, for the term of three years .
Inscribed on the Roll of the State of Maine at the rate of — 8 — Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Mar. 1819 and sent to John Miley Jr. Esq. Portland, Maine.
  Arrears to 4th of March 1819  81.56    Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep r 1819  48 —     $129.56  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
not a killed

See letter to J. Murphy 23 rd May 1829
Notification sent to John Murphy for Egr 26 June 1820. Portland Maine

Notification sent to John Mayes Jr Esq on the 26 June 1820, Portland Maine
for letter to J. Mayes 23 May 1829

Zachariah Foss
Payable semi-annually---the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of September next, at the Cumberland Bank, Portland.
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818, _____
Zerchariah Hops — late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pen- sion List, Roll of the Dist: of Maine Agency, at the rate of — eight — dollars per month, to commence on the twenty- ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and nineteen .
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY THAT, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1819,
the sum of one thousand eight hundred and dollars per month, is allowed to the said [illegible] in the army of the Revolution, as insured on the [illegible] of the [illegible] at the [illegible]
Capt. Burbank's Coy Col. Brewer's Pgt. Scarborough
Given at the War Office of the United States, this [illegible] day of [illegible] one thousand eight hundred and [illegible]
7,388
Secretary of War.

Lachariah Foss. Private Col. Bruns Bg Map's line "77 - 3 years. April 29 1810
Correct
See the Judges Certificate on file

I William Hasty of Scarborough in the District of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts being duly sworn do depose and say that I well knew Zachariah Foss ————— who was a private in Capt Burberkin's com- pany Colonel Brewer's Regt Massachusetts Line of the Continental Establishment and who served faithfully three years from the year 1777 to the end of the year 1779 ————— and that the said Zach. Foss is the same person who subscribed the annexed declaration. I further declare I was at the time a Lieutenant in the same Brigade and acted as Adjutant to Colonel Tupper's Regiment a part of the time. I further declare that said Foss is by reason of his reduced circumstances in need of the as- sistance of his country for support W m Hasty
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Abiso S. Parris Judge

Zachariah Foss
1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820
[Faint, mirrored handwritten text from the reverse side of the page]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty ninth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Zachariah Foss the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the declaration under oath of William Heasty a Commissioned Officer of the Revolutionary Army that he the said Foss served as a private for the period of nine months upwards in continuation on the Continental Establishment during the Revolutionary war and that by reason of his reduced circumstances in life is in need of the assistance of his country for support
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Zachariah Foss — the applicant, served as a private in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Albion H. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

I Zachariah Foss of Scarborough in the District of Maine and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged fifty seven years, being duly sworn do depose and say that on about the first day of January 1777 I enlisted as a private in Captain Burbank's company Colonel Samuel Brewer's Regt of the Massachusetts Line on the Continental Establishment for the period of three years that I faithfully served said period and was honorably dis- charged on about the first day of January 1780 at Fishkill landing in the State of New York. I further de- clare that I was in the engagement at Hubberton about twenty miles from Ticonderoga: I was also at the taking of Stony Point State of New York. I further declare that I have lost said honorable discharge I think about seven years since
I further declare that I am in reduced circumstances in life and am in need of the assistance of my country for support. that I do not receive nor am I entitled to receive any pen- sion from the United States except by virtue of the late Act of Congress making provision for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States during the Rev- olutionary War passed the 18 th March 1818
Apr 29 - 18
Zachariah Foss
Subscribed and sworn to this twenty ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Before me
Alcibiades H. L. Parrish Judge etc